FE Volume 140 Issue 11

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Lessons from School

The halls that Baytown, Texas, firefighters advanced through in the early hours of April 29 were familiar ones: Most of the senior officers had walked them daily as students of Robert E. Lee High School, Baytown's only high school for nearly four decades.
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EQUIPMENT DIGEST

PIG Pan, an absorbent 13-by-9 1/2-by-3inch pan, catches oil and other industrial fluids before they can drip to the floor. Each pan is made of…
Firefighting Equipment

New Roofs Over Old

Ventilation is a top priority in successful firefighting operations, but a remodeling project that places a new, independent roof structure over an existing roof will…
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COMING EVENTS

COMING EVENTS

November 16-19—CODE ENFORCEMENT TRAINING COURSE 44—ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT will be taught at the Academy of Fire Safety in Montour Falls, N.Y. The class will be…
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FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

EDITORIAL 6 Ayes in Seattle VOLUNTEERS CORNER 8 Nonfire emergencies TRAINING NOTEBOOK 10 Team search DISPATCHES 16 FEMA will reorganize but leave USFA Building code…
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Civilian fire deaths declined in 1986, survey reports

Civilian fire deaths declined in 1986, survey reports

Civilian fire deaths and the number of fires were down approximately five percent last year, according to a national survey, keeping with a stagnant rate…
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Textbook Style Tactics

When a Philadelphia Fire Department engine company rolled to an early-morning alarm last May 16, fire was threatening five people trapped inside a two-story, unattached…
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Ayes in Seattle

The plane banked sharply over the crater of Mt. St. Helens, setting the interest level for the next three days. Making its way farther westward,…
Fire SafetyFire Suppression Systems
Butadiene

Butadiene

The key word in describing the liquefied gas butadiene is reactive. Butadiene is a monomer, so it can react with itself to form a polymer…
Fire Department LeadershipFirefighting
There’s agreement, too, on firefighter memorials

There’s agreement, too, on firefighter memorials

Two U.S. representatives have worked out language concerning two memorials to fallen firefighters—one already built at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Md., and another…
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Repetition and Exception

Repetition and Exception

Perhaps the greatest problem faced by the person in charge at a fire scene is decision-making. Since people have the propensity to do what they…
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Nonfire Emergencies: Oil Burners and Electricity

In many of my columns, I've written about fires—how to control them, I how to vent them, and most important, how to return home from…
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NAMES IN THE NEWS

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Evaluate to Motivate

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Patient Assessment

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MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

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Lessons Reinforced

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Firefighting Equipment

Staff

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Letters to the Editor

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APPARATUS DELIVERIES

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Fire Apparatus

Share the Lessons You’ve Learned!

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Ford’s ambulance retrofit is taking longer than expected

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Fire EMSFirefighting

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